Umbrella.



No. 798,783. PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905. B. M. GREENE. UMBRELLA.

- APPLICATION FILED 0015,1904.

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BARTON M. (-iREENE, OF MYRILIGPOINI, OREGON.

UMBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed ctober 5, 1904. Serial No. 227,250.

To rtZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARTON M. Gunman, a citizen of the United States,residing at Myrtle-point, in the county of Coos and State of Oregon,have invented a new and useful Umbrella, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to umbrellas, and has for its objectto providefor locking the umbrella in its closed condition, so as to preventunauthorized opening thereof.

A further object of the invention is to equip the umbrella with acombination-lock for the purpose of locking the runner, the lock beingarranged in position for convenient manipulation to release the runnerwhen it is desired to open the umbrella.- In this connection it isproposed to provide for changing the combination of the lock withoutentirely removing the same from the umbrellastick.

Another object of the invention is to effect the application of thepresent device without materially altering the umbrella beyond slottingthe umbrella-stick, so as to accommodate the latch of the lock.

WVith these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being un derstood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made Within thescope of the claims without de parting from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of a portion of anumbrella-stick having the locking means of the present invention appliedthereto in locked condition. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the deviceunlocked to permit opening of the umbrella. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionalview on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view ofone of the locking-tumblers.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of theseveral figures of the drawings.

To illustrate the application and operation of the present invention, aportion of an umbrella-stiek 1 has been shown in the accompanyingdrawings, with any appropriate handle 2 fitted to the lower end thereof.In the lower portion of the stick there is provided a longitudinal slot3, which extends to the in ner end of the handle and intersectsdiametrically the sides of the stick. Upon the stick is the usual runnera, which is provided with a longitudinal slot 5, alined with one edge ofthe slot 3 and designed to receivethe beveled latch-head 6 upon thespring latch-arm 7, mounted in the slot 3 and fixed at its upper end tothe stick by suitable fastenings 8. When the latch-head 6 is snappedinto the slot 5 of the runner, the latter is locked at its lower limitin the usual manner to retain the umbrella in closed condition.

The present invention contemplates locking the latch-arm T in theposition shown in Fig. 1, so as to render the runner immovable, and thisis carried out in the following manner: The lower free end of thelatch-arm is provided with a pair or more of lateral projections 9 and10 of a length to project through that edge of the slot 3 which isopposite the latch-head 6 when the latter is in its locked position, soas to engage the inner peripheries of the tumblers 11 and 12, which aremounted to rotate upon the umbrella-stick. Each tumbler consists of adisk or ring 13, having a central circular opening 1% to rotatablyembrace the ferrule 15, rigidly fitted upon the umbrella-stick, and anouter shell or casing 16, embracing the disk and provided with asuccession of external peripheral flat faces 17, having charactersthereonas, for instance, numerals from O to 21 The disk 13 is providedwith a radial slot or opening 18 intersecting its inner periphery toreceive one of the projections upon the latch-arm in the unlockedcondition of the umbrella. The purpose of the metallic ferrule 15 is toprovide a bearing upon which the tumblers may readily rotate, and thelatter are held against endwise play upon the umbrella-stick by beingheld between the shoulder formed by the bandle and the external annularflange 19 upon the upper end of the ferrule, there being a spacingwasher or ring 20 embracing the forrule and located between thet'wotumblcrs. This ferrule is provided with a slot 21 registering withthe slot 3 of the umbrella-stick. A suitable linger-piece 22 is carriedby the latch-arm 7 and is projected through the slot 3 of theumbrella-stick at the upper side of the upper tumbler. On the handle ofthe umbrella is a suitable index or pointer 23 for cooperation with thetumblers.

In the closed condition of the umbrella the runner a is at its lowerlimit, with the latchhead 6 projected through the slot of the runner, soas to hold the latter at its lower limit, the latch-arm 7 being held inits locked posi- ITO tion by reason of the projections 9 and 10 bearingagainst the inner peripheries of the respective tumblers, whereby theumbrella is locked in its closed condition. To release the runner,andthereby permit opening of the rumbrella, the tumblers are rotated untilthe sockets or openings 18 come into alinement with the respectiveprojections 9 and 10, whereupon the spring-arm 7 will be released andsnapped from its locked position, as in Fig. 1, to its unlockedposition, as in Fig. 2, thereby Withdrawing the latch-head from the slotin the runner 5, so as to release the latter. To lock the umbrella, therunner is moved downwardly to its lower limit, and the fingerpiece 22 ispressed so as to move the latchhead 6 into the slot 5 of the runner andto move the projections 9 and 10 into the slot 3 and out of the socketsor recesses 18, where upon the tumblers are rotated, so as to move thesockets 18 out of alinement with the projections 9 and 10, and when thefinger-piece 22 is released the projections 9 and 10 will bear againstthe inner peripheries of the tumblers, and thereby maintain thelatch-arm 7 in its locked position.

It will here be explained that certain of the numerals or othercharacters appearing upon the peripheries of the tumblers are originallyset or alined with the pointer or index 23, so as to bring the sockets18 in alinement with the projections 9 and 10 for the reception thereof,whereby the umbrella may be 'released by bringing such characters intoalinement with the pointer orindex 23. The combination may be changed atwill merely by rotating the shells or casings 16 of the tumblers uponthe central disks thereof, so as to shift the characters upon theperipheries of the tumblers with respect to the sockets 18.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that little or noalteration is required in the umbrella beyond increasing the size of theslot 3 for the reception of the latch-arm 7 and in the provision of theferrule 15, upon which the tumblers are mounted to rotate. When the lockof the present invention is applied to the umbrella-stick, it does notinterfere in any manner whatsoever with the usual manipulation of theumbrella, while at the same time permits of the convenient and effectivelocking of the runner, so as to prevent unauthorized opening of theumbrella, thereby rendering the latter useless to a person who isunacquainted with the combination of the look. i

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. The combinationwith an umbrella-stick, of a runner mounted thereon, a spring latcharmcarried by the stick to lock the runner at its lower limit, and alocking-tumbler rotatable concentrically upon the stick to lock thespring-latch in engagement with the runner.

2. In an umbrella, the combination with an umbrella-stickhaving alongitudinal slot, of a slotted runner embracing the slotted portion ofthe stick, a spring latch-arm mounted within the slot of the stick andprovided with a latchhead to snap into the slot of the runner and lockthe latter, a tumbler mounted to rotate upon the stick, and a projectioncarried by the latch-arm for engagement by the tumbler to maintain thelatch-arm at one limit with its head in the slot of the runner.

3. The combination with a slotted umbrellastick, of a slotted runnermounted to slide thereon, a spring latch-arm mounted within the slot ofthe stick and provided witha latchhead to engage the slot of the runnerand lock the latter, said latch-arm also being provided with a lateralprojection and a laterally-projected finger-piece projected externallyof the stick, and a tumbler mounted to rotate upon the stick with theprojection of the latch-arm in engagement with the inner periphery ofthe tumbler to hold the latch-arm engaged with the runner, the tumblerbeing provided in its inner periphery with a socket to receive theprojection of the latch-arm and permit retraction of the latter torelease the same from the runner.

4. The combination with a slotted umbrellastick having a handle thereon,of a ferrule embracing the slotted portion of the stick and projectedabove the handle, said ferrule having a longitudinal slot registeringwith the slot of the stick, a slotted runner upon the stick, a springlatch-arm mounted in the slot of the stick and provided with alatch-head to engage the slot of the runner and also provided with alateral projection working through the slotted portion of the ferruleand a finger-piece projected externally of the stick, and a tumblermounted to rotate upon the ferrule and having an internal socket toreceive the projection and permit of retraction of the latch, the upperend of the ferrule having an external annular flange, and the tumblerbeing retained between the flange and the shoulder afforded by thehandle.

5. The combination with an umbrella-stick having a handle, of a runnermounted upon the stick, a spring latch-arm carried by the stick forengagement with the runner, atumbler rotatable concentrically upon thestick to lock the latch-arm, and a pointer carried by the handleadjacent the tumbler, said tumbler capable of being set with respect tothe pointer to release the latch-arm.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two wltnesses.

BARTON M. GREENE.

Witnesses:

J. R. BENSON, G. F. HUGHES.

